基于环境噪声的地幔间断面体波成像研究

地震环境噪声互相关广泛用于地球岩石层的高分辨率面波成像。对在地球内部传播的地震体波进行类似观测将为我们打开一扇了解地球深部的窗口。本文介绍了如何利用地幔过渡带的顶部(410km)和底部(660km)间断面反射的P波噪声互相关来观测该地幔过渡带。数据表明,不利用震源也可绘制地幔过渡带高分辨率图像。     

地幔过渡带顶部低速层地震学研究进展

地幔过渡带顶部低速层的存在、结构、成分、成因及其动力学稳定性对理解地球内部物质运动、化学分异、板块俯冲、地幔柱起源、板内火山、地幔对流模式和地球演化等深部物理化学过程具有非常重要作用.由于其厚度薄且横向变化剧烈,致使其地震学探测十分困难,再加上数据的限制,有关该低速层探测的研究不是很多,该低速层的结构、全球分布及形成原因等仍然存在很大争议.基于此,本文概述了该低速层的研究进展及存在问题,介绍了各种地震学探测方法在该低速层应用上的优缺点,总结了中国大陆及其沿海地区地幔过渡带顶部低速层研究取得的成果及不足,并探讨了未来工作方向.     

地球内部构造研究的进展综述

第三篇文章较详细地综述了地球内部构造研究的进展情况,特别是有关地幔结构的一些新的研究成果,其中包括参考地球模型、上地幔及过渡带中的次级间断面和低速层,以及地幔结构的横向不均匀性。     

青藏高原地球物理与大陆动力学研究的新进展

岩石圈地球物理探测、深部结构成像与各向异性等研究是青藏高原大陆动力学研究的基础.近年来,随着深部地球物理探测技术和反演成像技术的进步,信息提取与细节分辨能力不断提升,青藏高原壳幔结构、碰撞和隆升动力学、资源与地质灾害的深部机制等研究进展显著.本专辑收录33篇论文,主要分布在深部结构与地球物理探测、地震各向异性与变形、断裂性质与地震活动等三个主要研究领域.本文重点围绕这些论文,对近年来青藏高原地球物理研究进展进行综述.     

地球自由振荡弹性简正模研究进展与展望

在构建现代地球模型时,地球内部分层结构主要是根据地震波资料确定的;而地球内部密度及弹性参数,特别是地幔以下大尺度结构的密度分布,则主要是根据地球自由振荡的弹性简正模观测资料确定的.本文概述了地球自由振荡简正模本征值的求解理论和方法,介绍了球型和环型模态位移场表达式,讨论了地球自由振荡模态的衰减、分裂与耦合效应;总结了多线态分裂谱线探测和分裂参数估计的方法,综述了利用弹性简正模开展地震矩张量、地球三维非均匀性结构和内核超速旋转约束与反演研究的主要进展和存在的问题.最后作为展望,本文还讨论了地球自由振荡简正模的未来研究趋势.     

三维非均匀地幔中深源电场和磁场的谱理论（Ⅱ）──-横向缓变摄动和极型场快速扩散

把磁场观测数据向导电区域延拓,是地球电磁学的经典问题之一．从准静态近似和非零矢势规范的电磁场方程出发,依据矢量的球面分解唯一性定理,本文建立支配三维非均匀电寻率分布全球地慢中的环型场、极型场和电位势场的耦合方程组烤虑地球深部研究对认识全球地幔非均匀性横向变化尺度的限制,提出横向缓变意义下三维非均匀地幔中电场和磁场的摄动理论,其零级近似不要求电导率分布一维球对称．作为零级近似可解的例证,研究了地幔深源极型场的反扩散问题,在利用地面磁场观测反演到核幔边界时,可以考虑地幄横向非均匀性影响．     

电导岩石学:原理、方法和进展

电导岩石学是国际地学界近年来新发展起来的一门交叉性和综合性很强的学科,主要是通过高温高压实验,在有效控制温度、压强、成分和氧逸度等参数的条件下,对硅酸盐矿物的电导率进行测定,并把有关结果和地球物理学电磁探测的结果相比较,从而为正确认识地球深部的组成、结构、性质和动力学过程提供制约.根据近年来的文献报道,本文综合评述了电导岩石学研究工作的主要原理和方法,并就下地壳、上地幔、地幔过渡带、下地幔和核幔边界一些主要组成矿物电导率的实验测定进展及其对深部地球电导结构的制约进行了介绍.     

高温高压下地幔矿物岩石电导率影响因素研究进展

实验室高温高压条件下获得的地幔矿物岩石电导率值可以帮助获得地球内部物质组成、物质运动变化状态和解释地球物理探测资料.研究表明,电导率测量影响因素(外部因素和内部因素)控制不当将使得测量的电导率值产生较大差异.本文综述了近20年来这些影响因素对地幔矿物岩石电导率的影响程度及进展情况,电导率随着温度,铁含量和水含量的增加而增加;不含水条件下,电导率随着氧逸度和压力的增加分别增加和减小,含水条件下则恰恰相反;忽略颗粒边界的影响;测量频率和结晶方向对电导率的影响尚存在一定争议;进行电导率测量时有必要考虑系统平衡时间和样品中铁含量的流失.最后探讨了高温高压条件下电导率实验研究的不足和发展方向.     

水对地幔矿物弹性性质的影响及其地球物理意义

构成地幔的大部分名义上无水矿物,包括橄榄石及其同质异象体、辉石以及石榴石等,均可以羟基形式赋存一定量的水.水在地幔不同深度的出现不仅对一系列物理性质(包括密度、波速、熔融温度、电导率和流变强度等)有重要影响,并且对地幔的动力学行为、横向结构和成分的不均一性以及地球深部的演化过程具有重要意义.近年来,地震学研究在地幔不同深度和不同区域均发现低速带的存在,而观测到的地幔速度异常很可能与地幔中的水密切相关.高温高压矿物学利用实验和理论计算,对水是如何影响地幔主要构成矿物的弹性模量和波速进行了深入研究,并取得了大量进展.这些研究对正确理解地幔速度异常的形成机制,查明地幔中水的分布,探寻水在地球内部的迁移形式至关重要.本文针对近年来高温高压矿物学在地幔含水矿物弹性模量的研究成果进行了综述,介绍了该研究方向的进展和不足,并对未来的研究方向进行了阐述.     

震后GPS观测数据揭示的日本M_W9.0地震周边地区地幔黏滞性结构垂向变化

本文利用大范围的震后GPS数据和黏弹性球形地球位错理论,定量研究了日本M_W9.0地震周边地区地幔黏滞性结构的垂向变化.首先结合陆地和海底的GPS观测数据,以及基于球形地球位错理论格林函数和贝叶斯反演方法,反演了该地震的同震滑动分布,发现其最大错动量高达59m.然后在均一地幔黏滞性结构的假设前提下,确定了震源周边地区地幔黏滞因子的最优解,发现依据该地幔黏滞因子获得的理论远场震后位移和GPS观测结果之间的均方根误差高达0.81cm,不能解释远场观测结果.为解决上述问题,本文对震中周边地区地幔黏滞性结构沿垂向方向进行分层,建立了一个随深度变化的地幔黏滞性构造模型,然后综合利用远近场的GPS数据对该地区地幔黏滞因子进行反演研究,结果表明,震源周边地区岩石圈弹性层厚度最优解为40km,40～220km深度的地幔黏滞因子最优解为6×10~(18)Pa·s,220～670km深度之间的地幔黏滞因子最优解为1.5×10~(19)Pa·s.上述地幔黏滞性构造使远场的均方根误差降为0.12cm,仅为利用均一地幔黏滞性构造所得均方根误差值的15%,大大提高了远场模拟结果的准确性.最后,观测值和模拟值之间的均方根误差分析表明,近场震后形变数据主要约束浅层的地幔黏滞性结构,而远场震后形变数据主要约束深部的地幔黏滞性结构.     

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Distribution of throughfall and stemflow in multi‐strata agroforestry,perennial monoculture,fallow and primary forest in central Amazonia,Brazil

The partitioning of rain water into throughfall, stemflow and interception loss when passing through plant canopies depends on properties of the respective plant species, such as leaf area and branch angles. In heterogeneous vegetation, such as tropical forest or polycultural systems, the presence of different plant species may consequently result in a mosaic of situations with respect to quantity and quality of water inputs into the soil. As these processes influence not only the water availability for the plants, but also water infiltration and nutrient leaching, the understanding of plant effects on the repartitioning of rain water may help in the optimization of land use systems and management practices. We measured throughfall and stemflow in a perennial polyculture (multi‐strata agroforestry), monocultures of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) for fruit and for palmito, a monoculture of cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), spontaneous fallow and primary forest during one year in central Amazonia, Brazil. The effect on rain water partitioning was measured separately for four useful tree species in the polyculture and for two tree species in the primary forest. Throughfall at two stem distances, and stemflow, differed significantly between tree species, resulting in pronounced spatial patterns of water input into the soil in the polyculture system. For two tree species, peach palm for fruit (Bactris gasipaes) and Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa), the water input into the soil near the stem was significantly higher than the open‐area rainfall. This could lead to increased nutrient leaching when fertilizer is applied close to the stem of these trees. In the primary forest, such spatial patterns could also be detected, with significantly higher water input near a palm (Oenocarpus bacaba) than near a dicotyledonous tree species (Eschweilera sp.). Interception losses were 6·4% in the polyculture, 13·9 and 12·3% in the peach palm monocultures for fruit and for palmito, respectively, 0·5% in the cupuaçu monoculture and 3·1% in the fallow. With more than 20% of the open‐area rainfall, the highest stemflow contributions to the water input into the soil were measured in the palm monocultures and in the fallow. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Monte Carlo study of rainfall forecasting with a stochastic model

A procedure for short-term rainfall forecasting in real-time is developed and a study of the role of sampling on forecast ability is conducted. Ground level rainfall fields are forecasted using a stochastic space-time rainfall model in state-space form. Updating of the rainfall field in real-time is accomplished using a distributed parameter Kalman filter to optimally combine measurement information and forecast model estimates. The influence of sampling density on forecast accuracy is evaluated using a series of a simulated rainfall events generated with the same stochastic rainfall model. Sampling was conducted at five different network spatial densities. The results quantify the influence of sampling network density on real-time rainfall field forecasting. Statistical analyses of the rainfall field residuals illustrate improvement in one hour lead time forecasts at higher measurement densities.     

Anthropogenic Eutrophication and Red Tide Outbreak in Lacustrine Systems of the Kashmir Himalaya

Red tide, a recurrent phenomenon has become conspicuous in several Kashmir lake ecosystems since 1991. The responsible organism (Euglena pedunculata), a rare flagellate rediscovered in the Kashmir Himalaya (Khan 1993) caused first and unprecedented red tide outbreak, constituting a maximum of 96% of resident numerical phytoplankton density in Dal Lake. At present, conflicting hypotheses exist on the generation of causal assemblage(s) imparting redness to waters: Jeeji Bai (1991) linked its origin to acid precipitation – a fallout of burning oil‐fields during the Gulf War – whilst Khan (1993) holds local factor(s) responsible. Field/experimental studies support the latter contention that the influx of untreated sewage, in unison with warm temperatures, high levels of PhAR, iron and interruption to hydrological flow‐pattern together with absence/or reduction in grazing activity created conducive environmental milieu for red tide outbreak. Dal Lake “red tide” drifted the bloom‐inoculum to other waters, including Lake Wular, where additional ecological niches were carved out, threatening the aesthetic value and biological diversity of Kashmir lakes. Ecological monitoring indicates frequent seasonal red tide occurrence in Dal Lake (including summer‐autumn event of 1998) which testifies its unabated eutrophication status. Further studies are needed on ecological adaptability and biogeographic distribution of this rare and unique red tide‐causing flagellate.